Sentences with phrase «human infection resulting»

To date, there are no known cases of human infection resulting from exposure to infected cats.

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These include the infant with galactosemia, 53,54 the infant whose mother uses illegal drugs, 55 the infant whose mother has untreated active tuberculosis, and the infant in the United States whose mother has been infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.56, 57 In countries with populations at increased risk for other infectious diseases and nutritional deficiencies resulting in infant death, the mortality risks associated with not breastfeeding may outweigh the possible risks of acquiring human immunodeficiency virus infection.58 Although most prescribed and over-the-counter medications are safe for the breastfed infant, there are a few medications that mothers may need to take that may make it necessary to interrupt breastfeeding temporarily.

Physiologic sleep studies have found that breastfed infants are more easily aroused from sleep than their formula - fed counterparts.247, 248 In addition, breastfeeding results in a decreased incidence of diarrhea, upper and lower respiratory infections, and other infectious diseases249 that are associated with an increased vulnerability to SIDS and provides overall immune system benefits from maternal antibodies and micronutrients in human milk.250, 251 Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months has been found to be more protective against infectious diseases compared with exclusive breastfeeding to 4 months of age and partial breastfeeding thereafter.249

Affecting sexually active women, in 99.7 % of all cases cervical cancer results from a history of infection by a group of viruses called human papillomavirus - or HPV.

Nonetheless, if the results translate from mice to humans, they could help inform strategies to prevent secondary infection in patients experiencing sepsis.

Long after the treatments were applied, during a time point in mice that approximates young adulthood in humans, the investigators examined the impact of the simulated infections on the brain, comparing their results to those from mice that had received inactive injections.

According to the World Health Organization, most known human infections of H7N9 have resulted from direct or indirect contact with poultry.

According to the World Health Organization, most known human infections have resulted from direct or indirect contact with poultry.

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (or acronym AIDS or Aids), is a collection of symptoms and infections resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Four separate teams have tried different drugs including sevelamer to reduce microbial translocation and immune activation in humans, so far with no significant benefits, according to results presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections which was held in Boston in March.

The researchers from the University's Institute of Infection and Global Health ranked the top 100 pathogens affecting humans and the top 100 affecting domestic animals using a system which, they believe, will help governments across the continent plan for risks associated with the spread of infectious diseases, including as a result of climate change, and for biosecurity.

More generally, our results demonstrate how historical selective events continue to shape human phenotypic diversity today, including for traits that are key to controlling infection.»

Spouses and long - term partners of patients with mouth and throat cancers related to infection with the human papilloma virus (HPV) appear to have no increased prevalence of oral HPV infections, according to results of a multicenter, pilot study led by Johns Hopkins investigators.

Though agricultural intensification and climate change could pose new challenges for managing liver fluke transmission, early results in the afflicted Lawa Lake region are promising, with human infection rates in the worst - hit areas down to below 10 %, fish infection rates dropping from 70 % to below 1 %, and no infected snails detected.

While it has been widely accepted that this pathogen plays a role in the development of gastric cancer, these results represent an approach that can reveal a causality between a particular bacterial infection and the development of cancer in humans.

Though the findings were made in mice, not humans, the researchers say the crucial role of calcium may help explain another mystery: Why some hospital patients and nursing home residents have a much higher risk of contracting C. diff infections and the resulting diarrhea that carries its spores out of the body.

More commonly known as human herpesvirus 5 or HCMV, cytomegalovirus is the most frequently transmitted intrauterine infection and can result in serious disabilities at birth, though most people will exhibit only mild symptoms or none at all.

Tests in mice and nonhuman primates had shown TGN1412 to be safe, but when it was injected into humans — in a dose less than 1/500 of what was given to monkeys — it caused a massive release of infection - fighting T cells that overstimulated the patients» immune systems, resulting in multiple organ failure.

The results of this original study are highly relevant to other human diseases that dependent on genome instability, such as fungal infection or cancer, and open new venues for anti-leishmanial drug discovery using host - directed strategies that target the parasite's metabolic dependence on the host cell, thus preventing the adaptive evolution of drug resistant parasites.

It is however likely that bats are the natural hosts for the virus, and that human infections are the result of contact with other animals such as camels acting as intermediate hosts.

In vitro, transforming human brain neuroglioma or Chinese hamster ovary cells with an amyloid - β isoform resulted in better survival following a yeast infection.

< i > Chlamydia trachomatis infection results in a modest pro-inflammatory cytokine response and a decrease in T cell chemokine secretion in human polarized endocervical epithelial cells.

Dissecting the pathways and mechanisms by which influenza can adapt to the human host will aid in the ability to predict and prevent pandemics resulting from infections being passed from animals to humans.

Infection with human rhinovirus, the most common cause of asthma exacerbation in adults and children, was restricted to ciliated cells and resulted in ciliated cell apical sloughing and goblet cell hyperplasia, replicating hallmarks of cytopathology observed in vivo.

Malaria results from infection of human red blood cells (RBC) by the plasmodium parasite.

The primary causative agent in humans is Mycobacterium tuberculosis, whereas TB in wildlife results from infection by Mycobacterium bovis.

«Whether the results are relevant to human Zika infection remains to be seen, since Zika does not normally cause disease in mice and an immune - suppressing antibody had to be administered for the Zika infection to progress.

The results demonstrate the safety and activity of 10 - 1074 in humans and support the idea that antibodies targeting the V3 glycan supersite might be useful for the treatment and prevention of HIV - 1 infection.

Human infection with the etiologic agent of Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, results in disease of a few hallmark clinical signs and multifarious symptoms.

The battle between the human immune system and long - term, persisting infections and other chronic diseases such as cancer results in a prolonged stalemate.

Understanding how to optimize our mitochondria (energy factories) and how to reduce oxidative stress (which results from toxic insults, infections, allergens, stress, and just eating too much poor quality food) is an often overlooked yet vital component to becoming a thriving human.

It can be safely assumed that fewer pathogens in an environment used by people will result in the reduced potential of human infections.

Contact with contaminated soil or feces can result in human ingestion and infection.

Most commonly, human infection occurs as a result of gardening in contaminated soil or handling raw meat.

1) eating undercooked meat — pigs and cows can be infected with the Toxo organism and improper cooking of the meat can result in human infection

Unlike humans, whose allergies tend to show up in the respiratory tract, an animal's allergies are generally reflected in the skin and ears, resulting in infections, she says.

Roundworms are zoonotic (can be transferred to humans) and can cause an infection known as «Visceral Larva Migrans,» that may result in inflammation of muscle tissue and blindness.

Rabies Vaccination Infection with Rabies virus results in fatal neurological disease and infected dogs can transmit the disease to humans and other mammals.

As mentioned above, roundworms are zoonotic (can be transferred to humans) and can cause an infection known as «Visceral Larva Migrans», which may result in possible inflammation of muscle tissue and blindness.

As a concerned pet owner, you should be aware that chronic infections of the teeth and gums can result in the same complicating problems in dogs and cats as in human beings.

The result of rabies infection in any mammal — horse and human included — is always death.

Infection with Rabies virus results in fatal neurological disease and infected dogs can transmit the disease to humans and other mammals.

A definite diagnosis of infection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) resulting from accidental injury during the course of the Insured Person's normal occupation, which exposed the person to HIV contaminated body fluids.